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J H. J. BONNER. GARMENT HANGER AND STRBTUHER.

Patented July "23,1895.

WITNESSES. bgwzzw MM 4) UNITED STATES JOHN H. J. BONNER,

PATENT OFFICE.

OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

GARMENT HANGER AND STRETCHER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent lilo. 543,403, dated July 23, 1895. Application filed May 8, 1895. gerial No. 548,503. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN H. J. BONNER, of

New York, in the county and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Garment Hangers and Stretchers, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to improvements in clothes-hangers; and the object of my invention is to produce a cheap and simple device which can easily be arranged to support an entire suit of clothes, which is constructed in such a way that the clothes may be easily applied to the hanger, which is adapted to hold a pair of trousers in such a manner as to prevent them from wrinkling or bagging at the knees, which also holds the trousers. so that they do not interfere with the proper hanging of the coat and vest, which can also be placed in a very small compass for shipping, which can be used for hanging ladies garments, as well as those of men, and which in general affords a convenient and compact means for correctly hanging clothing of various kinds.

To these ends my invention consists of certain features of construction and combinations of parts, which will be hereinafter described and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar figures refer to correspond ing parts throughout the several views.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the clotheshanger embodying my invention, the same being shown with its movable jaw in locked position. Fig. 2 is a broken perspective view of the hanger with the movable jaw turned to adapt the hanger to receive apair of trousers. Fig. 3 is a cross-section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a slightlymodified form of the hanger in which the movable jaw is hinged. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the modified form of the hanger with the movable jaw turned or swung outward; and Fig. 6 is a cross-section on the line .6 6 of Fig.4.

The hanger is provided with an elongated body portion 10, which is adapted to extend across the upper portion of a coat, vest, or other garment, and which, to this end, is rounded on the upper edge, as shown at- 11, in order that the garmentmay fit it nicely. Y The body 10 is near the lower edge and on the front side provided with a recess 12, on the back wall of which at the lower edge is preferably, although not necessarily, a strip of rubber 13 or other yielding material, which enables the cloth of the pair of trousers to be firmly grasped between the said strip and the movable jaw 14, which is adapted to fit into the recess 12 with its front face flush with the face of the body 10. This arrangement renders the device very compact, andwhen it is adjusted, as in Fig. 1-, it leaves no projecting corners to engage and tear the clothing. The jaw 14 is preferably thinner at the top than at the bottom, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, thus leaving space in the upper part of the recess 12 for the seams of the trousers-bottoms.

The jaw 14 may be held in a variety of ways, the preferred means being shown in Figs. 1 to 3, where it is provided with a plate 15, which projects above the top of the jaw and fits on the bent lower end of the screw or rod 16, which enters the body 10 and extends upward through a bore 17, terminating at the top in the hook 18, which may be hung on a nail, peg, or other thing.

The jaw 14 is clamped firmly into the recess 12 by means of a thumb-nut 19, and the outer end of the rod 16 has a burr 20 or other abutment on it to prevent the thumb-nut from being turned off.

When a pair of trousers are to be hung in the hanger the thumb-nut 19 is loosened, the

jaw 14 pulled out of the recess 12 and turned up, as in Fig. 2, the trousers straightened out,

and the bottom edges placed in the said recess, after which the jaw is turned back to place, the thumb-nut tightened, and the jaw forced into the recess, so as to clamp the trousers-bottoms between the jaw and strip 13. The above operation can be most easily performed by laying both trousers and hanger on a table or other fiat articles After the trousers are fastened, as specified, a waistcoat and coat can be conveniently placed on the hanger and the entire suit suspended by means of the hanger-rod 16.

Instead of having the hanger-rod 16 extend upwardthrough the bore 17 the vertical part of the rod may be held in a channel 21 in the back of the body 10, as shown in Figs. 4 to 6, and then when the hanger is to be shipped the nut 19 can be'loosened,the rod'16 pulled back slightly and then turned down, so as to lie flat against the back of the body 10, thus reducing the hanger to compact shape. The figures above referred to also show a modified means of hanging the jaw 14, which in the modification is connected to the body 10 by the hinge-leaves 22 and 23, one leaf being socured to the jaw 14 and the other being fastened to the body 10. Where the hinge-leaves are used a clamping-piece 24 is also employed, which is hung on the outwardly-projecting part of the hanger-rod 16, and when the jaw is to be opened, as in Fig. 5, the clampingpiece is turned out of the Way of the leaf 22, and when the jaw is closed the clampingpiece is turned down, as in Fig. 4, so that by tightening the nut 19 the clamping-piece and aw 14 are pushed inward, bringing the jaw into position to grip the trousers which are placed in the hanger, as already specified.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A clothes hanger, comprising a body portion having a recess on one side and near the lower edge, a suspension rod secured to the body and having its lower end bent and protruding near the recess, a movable jaw adapted to fit into the recess of the body and having means of attachment to the bent end of the suspension rod, and a fastening nut on the said bent end of the rod to lock the movable jaw, substantially as described.

. JOHN H. J. BONNER.

\Vitnesses:

A. W. SEXSMITH, W M. E. SPENCER. 

